Election 2017: online aids to help you decide who to vote for

Confused by the plethora of parties? Clueless about the CDA, puzzled by the PvdA and baffled by Denk? There are all sorts of websites out there to help you make up your mind who to vote for. Here’s a list.

The stemwijzer is based on 30 political premises ranging on from support for euthanasia for people who are ‘tired of life’ to boosting defence spending to 2% of GDP.

Kieskompas does not tell you who to vote for, but puts your position on various issues into a grid with other parties.

Dutch public broadcaster NPO has drawn up its own advisory poll Partijwijzer, which targets young voters.

Gay lobby group COC Nederland has put the various party policies on gay rights together on Gayvote. The site also looks at how the various parties have voted on gay issued in the past.

Women’s magazine Libelle has worked together with the ProDemos centre for democracy to work out a coaching system Kiescoach for its readers, apparently based on subjects close to their heart.